Nigel Grainger brings together a related set of skills that all fleets require, to greater or lesser
degrees, but which may not have the staffing or the skills to fulfil those needs.
Bringing his wealth of experience in all areas of fleet management he offers a bespoke service through his company Fleet Risk Consultants, providing you with a cost effective fleet that complies fully with your 'duty of care' requirements.Is your vehicle roadworthy?
Are you sure?
Did you check it?
And when was that exactly?
Can you prove that?
If you can’t answer the above questions to the satisfaction of the Police and/or the Health and Safety Executive then you may well be heading for some costly trouble.
Here in the United Kingdom you have a legal requirement to ensure that your vehicle is fit and roadworthy at all times. The truck and bus community do these checks as a part of their daily duties, but car and van drivers seem to be a little less conscientious than these truck and bus drivers.
If you have a vehicle being driven in connection with your business and it is involved in a collision and defects you should have known about are found to have contributed to that collision you could find yourself being prosecuted under various pieces of legislation which may include the Corporate Manslaughter Legislation.
If you want to check whether you could be heading for this type of avoidable problem and how to put some procedures in place to fix this issue, please contact the team at Fleet Risk Consultants for advice.
Nigel Grainger
Senior Consultant